Well, Already I feel like a Crazy Person.
Christmas was Last Week and I am still Celebrating!
It’s only the Fifth Day of Christmas and already I’m a Social OutCast.
No one else on the train is wearing Christmas Clothing or carrying brightly wrapped packages… I am the only one.
I look around and sing to myself, “Do They Know It’s Christmastime at All?”
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Fifth Day of Christmas
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on December 30, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/12/30/fifth-day-of-christmas/
Fourth Day of Christmas
Fourth Day of Christmas.
Fourth Day of Kwanzaa.
Kwanzaa is Such a Beautiful Holiday.
To be honest, I am not sure I am technically allowed to celebrate it,
As my ancestry is not of the African Diaspora.
But I also know that “Happy Holidays” often sounds more like an Apology
than the Proclamation it deserves to be,
and I would rather err on the side of Celebrating and Enjoying Life Too Much
than too Little.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS to me means MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HANNUKAH AND HAPPY KWANZAA AND HAPPY SOLSTICE AND HAPPY ST. LUCIA DAY AND HAPPY THREE KINGS DAY AND GOD JUL and though I Know we may be Months from EID or DIWALI, A BLESSED EID AND HAPPY DIWALI TOO! (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on December 30, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/12/30/fourth-day-of-christmas/
Third Day of Christmas
Wow!
Only the Third Day
Why is it starting to feel like it’s over, already?
Sunday of the Weekend After Christmas – feels like enough already, eh?
That’s Cultural.
You Choose!
These Twelve Days are Yours… (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on December 29, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/12/29/third-day-of-christmas/
Second Day of Christmas
Today is the Second Day of Christmas.
This year, it falls on a Saturday so it might be a bit easier to Relax and Celebrate.
Have you been interrupted this week by Work Responsibilities?
Those of us in the Second Half of Life
Remember when such a thing was unheard of…
Christmas was a time to be with Family and Friends
Pause
Reflect
And while some who worked operating Trains and Busses
Or in the Medical Profession
Would be called to duty,
Most Clients and Bosses Left People alone.
Notice how that’s changed?
Yes.
Christmas changes over time.
Even here in America (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on December 27, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/12/27/second-day-of-christmas/
First Day of Christmas
How was it?
All that Build-up
All that Craziness
And it’s over, right?
Nope.
Its Just Beginning.
Yesterday was Christmas Day.
Today is the First Day of Christmas. (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on December 27, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/12/27/first-day-of-christmas/
Not About Selfies
I came upon a Clever Little Novelty Book.
A Small Photo Album
Entitled, “Selfie”
And each page was captioned, “Me.”
“Me”
“Me”
“Me”
“Me”…
Very Clever for an Album of Selfies…
Christmas is not the same thing. (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on December 12, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/12/12/not-about-selfies/
PAUSE and GIVE THANKS
Tisquantum
It’s a Strange Holiday, isn’t it?
It Moves…
The Fourth Thursday in November could be as early as the 22nd or as late as the 28th
It’s Late this year.
And that shortens the Shopping Season between Now and Christmas
And that makes the Primary Beneficiaries of Capitalism angry.
Growing Up, there was this Marvelous Long Weekend in November
You could do whatever you liked.
Relax…
Play…. (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 27, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/11/27/pause-and-give-thanks/
NewSpeak: 30 Years Later
Remember Seeing that Book, 1984, as a Kid?
Remember thinking, “WOW! I’ll be in my twenties when that year comes!
We will Live to See This!”
Remember then thinking, “I will Live to See the Year 2000?”
Or with somewhat less confidence, “Maybe I’ll Live to see portable video phones — like Dick Tracy’s wristwatch!” (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 22, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/11/22/newspeak-30-years-later/
40 Days
Commercial Establishments Rush the Season.
It’s Happening now.
Two weeks ‘til GivingThanks Day…
Store Windows are being decorated;
Businesses are in full Regalia
Though not a fan of the Commercialism of Christmas
I do like Planning.
And I do like the Kind of Advance Preparation that makes things run Smoothly.
And I Like Christmas! (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 15, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/11/15/40-days/
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